{"id":97927,"date":"2026-03-28T20:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/laura-albanese-mets-luis-robert-jr-can-be-the-clubs-secret-weapon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:50:01","slug":"laura-albanese-mets-luis-robert-jr-can-be-the-clubs-secret-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/laura-albanese-mets-luis-robert-jr-can-be-the-clubs-secret-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Albanese: Mets&#8217; Luis Robert Jr. can be the club&#8217;s secret weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-height:100%\">\n<p>Mets manager Carlos Mendoza repeated it often during spring training, as if it were an incantation.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If he can stay healthy .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. if he can stay healthy .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. if he can stay healthy .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. <span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the caveat with Luis Robert Jr., a five-tool player who was an All-Star and Silver Slugger with the White Sox in 2023 before his legs basically disintegrated from under him \u2014 hips and knees and quadriceps and calves that simply refused to cooperate, sapping him of playing time and lowering his price until David Stearns was able to snag him for Luisangel Acuna and a pitching prospect.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t fault Mendoza for his laser focus. While it\u2019s no secret that Robert is talented, Opening Day and the six weeks of spring training that preceded it point to something more. The centerfielder has the potential to be this season\u2019s magic ingredient .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. if he can stay healthy.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sky is the limit,\u201d Mendoza said earlier this month. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen it. In 2023 when he was healthy, he was one of the best players in the league. The tools are unbelievable. He\u2019s a guy that can go get it in the outfield. He\u2019s got speed. He can steal bases. He can hit it as far as anybody in the game as well. There\u2019s a lot to like. We\u2019ve just got to keep him on the field.\u201d<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll take it one step further. If everything goes right (though, truthfully, does it ever?), Robert can exceed what he accomplished in 2023 \u2014 a year in which he had a .264\/.315\/.542 slash line with 38 homers, 80 RBIs and 20 stolen bases and was 12 outs above replacement in the field.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>For one thing, Robert is only 28, meaning he\u2019s right in his prime. For another, he wasn\u2019t fully healthy even in 2023, battling multiple lower-body injuries that would recur the next two years. <span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also was \u201cthe guy\u201d on a woebegone White Sox team that didn\u2019t have an iota of the firepower branded by this iteration of the Mets. The 2023 White Sox had the second-lowest OPS in baseball, and if you exclude Robert, the starting lineup\u2019s WAR was below zero. Juan Soto alone had a 5.3 WAR in 2023.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are other factors, too. The Mets are being exceptionally cautious with Robert. He didn\u2019t get into spring training games until mid-March and he won\u2019t be playing every day. Sure, that will limit his production, but if it means he can cause havoc in October, so be it.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mendoza also pointed out something after the Mets\u2019 11-7 win over the Pirates on Thursday: Robert is going to chase. He had a 40.6 chase percentage in his All-Star year, which was in the third percentile in baseball. If a leather sphere was thrown in the same ZIP code, Robert was going to try his darndest to flail at it.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Except on Thursday, he didn\u2019t.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the first, he fell behind 1-and-2 against Paul Skenes, fouled off the next three pitches and eventually laid off a nasty sweeper that broke outside for ball four. It\u2019s one at-bat, which means a whole lot of nothing, but it\u2019s a positive initial sign. Skenes, despite not having his best stuff, is still Skenes. And Robert has been working to limit his chase rate. The result was a 2-for-4 afternoon with two RBIs, a run scored and a strikeout.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know he\u2019s going to chase,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cBut you watch that whole at-bat right there against a pretty good arm where he gets behind, he\u2019s able to foul off some pitches .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. [It\u2019s a] credit to him and a credit to the hitting coaches because they\u2019ve been behind the scenes in spring training. That\u2019s been a point of emphasis \u2014 doing damage with pitches he can do damage with.\u201d<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even a slightly improved chase rate could help Robert exponentially, especially considering the show he routinely put on during spring training batting practice. The power is very much there, and it\u2019s impressive. <span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>He batted fifth on Thursday because of how he \u201clooked in spring training,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cWe just continue to create balance.\u201d It also lengthens the lineup a good bit \u2014 enough that Mendoza had enough flexibility to bat Marcus Semien seventh and Francisco Alvarez ninth.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>There was another reason Mendoza trusted Robert in that role, too.<span contenteditable=\"false\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe track record,\u201d he said .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. wait for it .<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>.<span contenteditable=\"false\">\u2002<\/span>. \u201cwhen he\u2019s healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline Byline_byline__7W6Ao ux Byline_ux__K0907 bot Byline_bot__Vn8AK\"><span class=\"author-image Byline_author-image__kHthS\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Laura Albanese is the Mets beat writer for Newsday. She&#8217;s been covering MLB since 2014 after starting at Newsday as an intern seven years earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/columnists\/laura-albanese\/luis-robert-jr-mets-soq1hguw\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mets manager Carlos Mendoza repeated it often during spring training, as if it were an incantation. If he can stay healthy .\u2002.\u2002. if he can stay healthy .\u2002.\u2002. if he can stay healthy .\u2002.\u2002. 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